The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times leads with EU proposals to alleviate the migration burden on Malta by enabling migrants to move to other countries.
The Malta Independent says that according to a Xarabank survey, the reform of car licences is more unpopular than the increase in energy bills.
Malta Today says former police inspectors Stubbings and Schembri, who were dismissed from the police force,are now running a warden service.
Il-Mument says workers dismissed from Toly Products have been offered alternative employment. It also says eurozone membership averted disaster for Malta in the current international crisis.
Illum reports that an 80-year-old who before the election was given a substantial tax refund, has now been told she has to pay back the amount.
It-Torca leads with today’s MLP manifestation in Valletta, and next Thursday’s manifestation by the GWU against the budget and the utility tariffs. It also says policemen have been fined for not imposing enough fines.
KullHadd carries calculations on the impact of the water and electricity tariffs on households.
The Press in Britain…
The Sunday Telegraph exclusively quotes a leaked Government intelligence report that says secret enclaves of al Qaeda extremists based in Britain are planning mass-casualty attacks.
The Observer has discovered a damning doctors' report which says treatment at Birmingham Children's Hospital is worse than that in the developing world.
The Sunday Times reports that High Street banks have said they will not pass on any further interest rate cuts to consumers and businesses.
According to The Sunday Express, ministers are planning to cut family tax bills by £500 to boost the ailing economy.
The News Of The World is outraged by the fact that 300 staff members of HBOS blew £330,000 on a 'lavish HBOS company bash' and had a laugh on people who lost their homes in the credit crunch.
And elsewhere…
The Jakarta Post reports three Muslim militants convicted of orchestrating the 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people, mostly Australians, were put to death by firing squad in central Java. The men, who expressed no remorse for their actions, belonged to a radical organisation suspected of ties to Al Qaeda.
Haiti’s Le Matin says more bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a collapsed school building near Port-au-Prince, bringing th total of dead, many of them children, to over 95. Over 100 others were injured.
New Zealand's Sunday News leads with the centre-right National Party’s win of the general election, ousting long-serving Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark, who announced her resignation. The leader of the Nationals, John Key, announced his party won 59 seats in the 122-seat parliament, while coalition partners were forecast to win six seats between them, ensuring a government majority.
Pravda reports that at least 20 sailors and shipyard workers have died in an incident involving the failure of a fire extinguishing system on a Russian nuclear submarine. In the incident, which occurred during sea trials, the submarine itself had not been damaged and there was no radiation leaks.
Al Ahram says Egyptian security officials are opening an investigation to determine what prompted the son of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his British wife to seek political asylum in Spain. The couple arrived at Cairo airport late last night after Spanish authorities rejected a final appeal for asylum and put them on a plane bound for Egypt.
Trabajadores reports that hurricane Paloma made landfall in Cuba, losing some strength to be reclassified as a Category Three storm. Paloma had grown to Category Four after sweeping over the Cayman Islands. Cuban authorities had evacuated low-lying areas.
According to Welt am Sonntag, OPEC president Chakib Khelil has refused to rule out another round of cuts at next month's OPEC meeting, if the price of oil remains below 70 dollars a barrel
Chicago Tribune reports that a 90-year-old woman apparently has been living in a house with the bodies of three siblings, one of whom may have been dead since the early 1980s. Post mortems are being carried out but police do not suspect foul play. The woman was taken to a hospital for observation.
East Valley Tribune says an eight-year-boy has been accused of fatally shooting his father and another man in eastern Arizona. St John’s Police Chief Roy Melnick said the boy was charged with two counts of premeditated murder after the shootings last Wednesday.
Naples’ Il Mattino reports that a 91-year-old man has asked for divorce after his wife accused him of extra-martial relations. The 60-year-old woman told the court she would not contest the request but wanted alimony and the right to live in the martial home from which she has been evicted. The court will hear first submissions tomorrow.
Gazzetta dello Sport says Italian health authorities are investigating a mysterious epidemic among former professional footballers, dozens of whom have been killed by a disease that paralyses its victims. The latest to be stricken is Stefano Borgonovo, a 44-year-old former striker for AC Milan. According to one theory, the incurable disease might be linked to pesticides used on football pitches. Others suggest it could be a result of doping or physical injuries from tackles or repeatedly heading the ball.